GBRf class 73s 73119, 73213,73208 and 73212 stabled at Hoo Junction

27.020 crosses the Allan water north of Dunblane (loco rear). 17/9/77.

British Railways Class 3F 52322 departs Ramsbottom on a Heywood - Rawtenstall Service on 02/03/2018

class 87 87002 and 92018 sit in the center roads at London Euston

On a bitterly cold 8 December 1990, 150221 arrives at Ashburys on a Manchester - Sheffield train.

47338 pulls into Macclesfield working the 1910 Manchester Piccadilly - Birmingham New St with a WCML DVT set in tow

6 June 1998

Moves for this Saturday were:

2409 Woking - Southampton

47759 Southampton - Birmingham New St 06.36 POO - LIV

47293 Birmingham New St - Liverpool L S 06.36 POO - LIV

47293 Liverpool L S - Birmingham New St 15.10 LIV - POO

43100+43098 Birmingham New St - Macclesfield

47338 Macclesfield - Birmingham New St 19.10 MCP - BNS

47310 Birmingham New St - Bristol T M 17.53 NEW - BTM

The rather forlorn looking preserved English Electric Type 3 Class 37 Co-Co diesel locomotive 37188 at Rowsley Yard on the 'Peak Rail' heritage railway in Derbyshire (UK).

37188 was built by English Electric at The Vulcan Foundry Newton le Willows as D6888 in late 1963 and was withdrawn from traffic on March 31st 2006.

Photograph taken by fellow enthusiast and my regular photostream contributor David on his travels and is posted here with kind permission.

Class 47 47004 seen at Old Oak Common open day 19.03.1994

GWR Class 150 No.150247 leaves Perranwell Station,with the 14:20 Truro to Falmouth Docks service,on the 7th of March 2022.

Class 90 90009 pulls the 1P23 0900 Norwich to London Liverpool Street through Ingatestone Station.

86101northampton130924 3Z86 Crewe H.S. to London Euston (3)

A Class 50, probably 50025, in Exeter St Davids, date unknown.

Bournemouth depot 1988

Senior Sunset

Vising from the GCR, class 31 D5830 heads away from Ruddington with the 10:45 service to Loughborough

A 4 car class 115 DMU sits under the trainshed at Marylebone in the days when the former Great Central Railway terminus was under threat of closure.

Class 47 47848 is pictured heading south through Newcastle Central en-route from Craigentinny to Derby Litchurch Lane on September 15th 2017.My first trip behind this locomotive was as 47068 during October 1981 on a Newcastle Central to Kings Cross run. It failed at Peterborough but I wasn't complaining as it was replaced by Class 31 31160. Four other trips followed between May 1999 and May 2002 all between Newcastle Central and Durham as 47848.

Preserved English Electric Type 3 Class 37 Co-Co diesel locomotive 37714 just outside Loughborough Central Station on the heritage Great Central Railway in Leicestershire (UK).

37714 was built at the English Electric Vulcan Foundry Newton le Willows as D6724 in August 1961.

The locomotive was previously operated by Direct Rail Services and was listed for disposal in May 2013 after a service life of 52 years. 37714 is now preserved by the Heavy Tractor Group at the GCR.

Class 158752 at Chester on March 20 2003

212 313 at Finnentrop waiting to work the 1816 along the branch to Olpe.

This days moves were as follows;

110319 E3305 0613 Koln-Giessen to Siegen

143907 E3504 0814 Siegen-Hagen to Siegen Weidenau

110209 D2413 0610 Munster-Frankfurt Siegen Weidenau-Dillenburg

151127 8117 0900 Dillenburg-Giessen to Herborn

212204 8259 0912 Herborn-Niederwalgern

140812 8612 1013 Giessen-Kassel Niederwalgern-Marburg

211306 8378 1047 Marburg-Laasphe

211306 8379 1205 Laasphe-Marburg to Wilhelmshutte

798658+998142+998845 8382 1152 Marburg-Erndtebruck Wilhelmshutte-Erndtebruck

212300 E6923 1255 Siegen-Bad Berleburg from Erndtebruck

212300 6926 1526 Bad Berleburg-Siegen to Siegen Weidenau

143557 6820 1702 Siegen-Hagen Siegen Weidenau-Finnentrop

212313 6740 1816 Finnentrop-Olpe

212313 6745 1905 Olpe-Finnentrop

110506 6822 1837 Betzdorf-Hagen from Finnentrop

103223 IC736 1727 Hamburg Altona-Aachen Hagen-Koln

110476 D1213 1813 Oostende-Zell am See Koln-Koblenz (through coach)

110414 D1215 1939 Amsterdam-Klagenfurt Koblenz-Munchen Ost (via Stuttgart A/L and Munchen Hbf A/L)

An unidentified 2 car class 466 networker approaches Tonbridge on 16 April 2007

GBRf Class 66 66783 (Former DB cargo 66058) "The Flying Dustman" passes Helwith Bridge on 6m31 0929 Doncaster Decoy Yard - Arcow Quarry (Near Horton in Ribblesdale),photographed on 18/07/2018

Class 195 DMU No. 195126 is seen at Preston with a Northern service to Windermere on 17th April 2023.

It was always a treat to catch one of these engines, and for quite a while solid sets were common.

Check out the boxcar stage left and a couple of tracks back, it looks like something Jesse James would rob.

Bloomington IL / ICG shops

GM&O 729 GP38AC

Preserved English Electric Type 3 Class 37 Co-Co diesel locomotive 37714 just outside Loughborough Central Station on the heritage Great Central Railway in Leicestershire (UK).

37714 was built at the English Electric Vulcan Foundry Newton le Willows as D6724 in August 1961.

The locomotive was previously operated by Direct Rail Services and was listed for disposal in May 2013 after a service life of 52 years. 37714 is now preserved by the Heavy Tractor Group at the GCR.

Class 122 DMU number W55001 at Rawentstall.

Class 40 40042 arrives at Chester with a Holyhead express.

20th Sept 1975

Siemens Desiro Class 360 4 car 25kV Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) 360107 creeping through the countryside at the rear of the 12 car 1Y32 17:58 (18:45 RT at KEL) Abellio Greater Anglia London Liverpool Street- Ipswich service train northbound at Church Street Level Crossing on the Great Eastern Main Line near Kelvedon in Essex (UK).

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Oliver + S class picnic blouse

Class 47 47401 Great Eastern comes out of the gloom of the New Street tunnels on Sunday 20/01/1986 working a Poole to Liverpool service the loco was exchanged here for Class 86 86224.

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Castle Class HST set 43156+43098 with regional service 2P09 Penzance to Plymouth arriving to St. Erth station

Class 47 47488 seen at Crewe Basford Hall open day.

Scanned from an original photograph.

Preserved English Electric Type 1 'Chopper' Class 20 Bo-Bo diesel locomotive 20205 with 20189 behind at Wymondham Abbey Halt on the Mid Norfolk Railway in Norfolk (UK).

20205 was built at the English Electric Vulcan Foundry Newton le Willows as British Railways Type 1 D8305 in 1967 and withdrawn from service on December 18th 1989.

The English Electric Type 1 Class 20 locomotives were first introduced onto British Railways in 1957.

20205 and 20189 were both guest locomotives at the MNR courtesy of Michael Owen and the Class 20 Locomotive Society.

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Shizuoka pref. East-Izu town

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LSL Class 47 No.47501 The Craftsman passes Crooked Lane,with the Slough to Plymouth Golden Hind excursion,on the 13th of July 2022.

158956 1O98 1041 Great Malvern to Brighton

47188, in Railfreight Distribution livery, in a queue with a rake of Mixed Freight, just outside Hereford Station on 13.7.91

Interior shot of West Midlands Railway unit 196107. 25th May 2023.

Interior of Grand Central unit 180106. 18th July 2019.

66129 has just left the short Penshurst tunnel with an engineers train, probably bound for Hoo Jn. 23 July 2007

Class 86's stand side by side at Birmingham International Station. 86 209 and 86 242 "James Kennedy G.C.". Photographed whilst visiting the Motor Show there in November 1989.

class 67 67025 in transport for wales Livery at crewe on a trip from Crewe IEMD

class 37 37667 heads towards settle Junction and settle signal box

An unidentified Class 40 at Greenholme, Scotsman’s Bridge, looking north towards Shap. Lowmoor Cottages can be seen at rear of train, 1M23 Edinburgh – Birmingham. Date unknown.

(Revised details from comments below - thank you!)

Original photographer unknown.